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Tuesday, 11 December
Venue: IsIAO
Istituto Italiano per l’Africa e l’Oriente
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09.00
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Registration
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09.30
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Conference opening
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Chairperson: Gaetano Quagliariello
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Welcome
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Professor Gherardo Gnoli
Presidente Isiao
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Keynote
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Professor Bernard Lewis
Is Islam Compatible with Democracy?
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10.15
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Panel 1
Democracy and Radical Islam
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Chairperson: Natan Sharansky
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Saad Eddin Ibrahim
Requisites of Muslim Democracies. The Case of Egypt
Kassem Jaafar
Crisis in Lebanon - Regional Implications
Ibrahim Mudawi Adam
A Way Forward for Democracy in Developing Countries - The Sudanese Tragedy
Farid Ghadry
Why Regime Change in Syria will Help the Region
Aydan Kodaloglu
Islam and Democracy through the Eyes of a Secular Turkish Woman
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11.45
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Coffee break
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12.15
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Panel 2
Regime change from within
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Chairperson: Natan Sharansky
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Amir Abbas Fakhravar
Spreading Islamic Fundamentalism through Iran’s Public Schools
Bassem Eid
Palestinian Fundamentalism as an Obstacle for Democracy and Peace
Mithal Al Alusi
The influence of Iran on the Iraqi Islamic Political Parties
Adil Shaheed Al Juboory
How Al Qaeda penetrated Iraq
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13.30
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Buffet luncheon
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14.30
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Panel 3 (Part 1)
The Fundamentalist Threat to Democracy
and Europe
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Chairperson: Fiamma Nirenstein
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Keynote
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Bruce Bawer
While Europe Slept - How Radical Islam is Destroying the West from Within
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15.15
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Panel 3 (Part 2)
How should Europe respond?
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Chairperson: Fiamma Nirenstein
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Josè Marìa Aznar
Fabrizio Cicchitto
Gianfranco Fini
Umberto Ranieri
Lord David Trimble
Followed by Discussion with Dissidents
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17.00
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Concluding Remarks
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Natan Sharansky
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